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Rugrats
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Format	Children's television series
Created by	Arlene Klasky Gabor Csupo Paul Germain
Voices of	Elizabeth Daily Christine Cavanaugh Kath Soucie Cheryl Chase Tara Strong Cree Summer Dionne Quan Nancy Cartwright Melanie Chartoff Jack Riley Michael Bell Tress MacNeille David Doyle Joe Alaskey Philip Proctor Julia Kato
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	172 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes approx
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Original run	August 11, 1991 – June 8, 2004
Chronology
Followed by	All Grown Up! (2003–present)
External links
IMDb profile

The main characters of Rugrats. Clockwise from top: Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica (on chair), Lil, Phil, Dil, Kimi, and Susie.

Rugrats is an American animated television series that ran on Nickelodeon and was one of the first three Nicktoons, beginning in 1991.

The show revolves around four toddlers: Tommy Pickles; Chuckie Finster; and twins Phillip (Phil) and Lillian (Lil) DeVille, who are able to communicate to each other in baby-speak (although viewers can understand them because it is supposedly 'translated'). Often, they mispronounce words or use poor grammar. Despite the toddlers' inability and lack of desire to communicate with adults, they can understand their parents' speaking, although they often misunderstand what they hear, usually by taking metaphors literally and speaking in malapropisms. Angelica Pickles, at age three, is able to communicate with and understand language from both the toddlers and the adults, which she often uses to her advantage when she wants to manipulate either party.

The Rugrats is set in a seemingly everyday American community.

It was the network's second Nicktoon. Klasky-Csupo was still working on The Simpsons when they started this show. The series was in production from 1991 to 1994, and again from 1996 to 2004. It aired in Nickelodeon's Snick block from 1997-2000, and it also aired on Nick Jr.'s block. It is the longest lasting Nicktoon to date, at thirteen years of longevity. Rugrats received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on June 28, 2001. Rugrats and Hey Arnold! also hold the record of longest Nicktoons, having its own movie and at least 100 episodes.

The show airs in the UK on CITV and Nickelodeon UK as well as in Canada on YTV. In Australia, it can be seen on Nickelodeon Australia.

• The Rugrats Movie (1998)
• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)
• Rugrats Go Wild (2003)

• All Grown Up!
• Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze
• The Carmichaels was a spin-off planned to see Susie move away from California to Atlanta, where she apparently has relatives. However, it never made it beyond the pre-production stage.

Nickelodeon Portal

• List of Rugrats characters
• List of Rugrats episodes
• Klasky-Csupo

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